For Mollusk we have terms and definitions in 5 topics. The topics are Agriculture, Aquaculture, Ecology, Evolution and Food.

Mollusk (Agriculture)

Invertebrate animals with soft, unsegmented bodies, such as clams and snails, usually enclosed in a calcium shell.

Mollusk (Aquaculture)

Any of numerous chiefly marine invertebrates of the phylum Mollusca, typically having a soft unsegmented body, a mantle, and a hard, protective shell and including the edible shellfish and the snails.

Mollusk (Ecology)

An animal in the Mollusk Phylum. Mollusks have soft bodies, which are usually inside a shell. Most of them live in water. This phylum includes clams, mussels, snails, and slugs.

Mollusk (Evolution)

An invertebrate that has a fleshy, muscular body. The phylum Mollusca includes snails, bivalves, squids, and octopuses.

Mollusk (Food)

One of the two main classifications of Shellfish (the other being crustacean), mollusks are invertebrates with soft bodies covered by a shell of one or more pieces. Mollusks are further divided into Gastropods (also called univalves), such as the Abalone and Snail; Bivalves, like the clam and Oyster; and Copepods, such as the octopus and squid

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